Ray C. Woodcock, CIHOccupational Hygiene Services to Business and Industry Since 1973

Industrial Hygienists, also known as Occupational Hygienists, are scientists and engineers committed to protecting the health and safety of people in the workplace and the community.

The Industrial Hygiene profession applies the principles of personal exposure assessment to the process of risk assessment and management, whether on behalf of workers in a workplace, occupants of a residence, visitors to an office building, consumers of a product or children in a school.

The rich tradition that sets Industrial Hygiene apart from other environmental professions is the industrial hygienist's ability to assess personal exposures and, based on that, define and manage health risks.

Anticipation (designing processes to reduce harmful exposure) and Evaluation (confirmation that the design was good) are increasing. Recognition (of work-related disease) and Control (of conditions causing disease) are decreasing, but still important. Industrial hygiene's remarkable heritage of bringing many disciplines and interests together in the common work of preserving people's health at work, or wherever they are, continues to bear fruit.

Port Blakley Mills - Near Seattle WA

Washington is our greatest lumbering state. It is estimated that in 1911 the state contained almost 12,000,00 acres of forests. These were made up mostly of cedar, fir, spruce, and hardwood trees. In 1913, Washington produced almost 4,600,000,000 feet of lumber. Louisiana ranked second, with over 4,000,000,000 feet. Mississippi, Oregon, Texas, North Carolina, and Arkansas followed in the order named....MORE